Umbrella-lock.



No. 662,334. Patented Nv. 20, |900. E. L. APPLEBY. UMBBELLA LOCK. (Application led Nov. 1, 1899..

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

ERNEST LEVERN APPLEBY, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

UIVIBRELLA-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,334, dated November 20, 1900.

Application filed Nvember l, 1899. Serial No. 735,529. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, ERNEST LEVERN AP- PLEBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bradford, in the county of McKean, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella- Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to umbrella-locks, and more particularly to portable locks; and it has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and effective construction in which the locks may be adjusted to receive and firmly hold umbrellas having different diameters when closed and iu which there is provided means for easily and firmly securing the lock to a post, rail, or other stationary object to prevent stealing of the lock with the umbrella.

With this and other objects in View, which will be apparent from the following description, the invention consists of a padlock having the hasp formed in two parts, of which one part is connected with the body or casing of the lock and the other part is separate therefrom and is adapted for engagement with the rst portion and 'to be locked to the casing by the mechanism of the lock.

In the drawings forming a part of this specilcation, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a plan view showing the lockin its inoperative position. Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the lock in its operative position upon an umbrella and a fixed object, and Fig. 3 shows a modification.

Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, 5 represents the body portion of the lock and which has the usual padlock construction and interior locking mechanism and which need not be specifically described.

The hasp of thelock, which is adapted to encircle the cloth of the umbrella below the edge thereof, consists of two parts, of which one part, 6, is pivotally connected with the casing or body 5. This portion 6 is preferably arc-shaped, as shown, to conform to the curvature of the body, whereby it may lie thereagainst when desired. In the portion 6 is formed a plurality of openings or perforations 7, disposed at intervals from one end of the part to the other. The second element, 7i, of the hasp is also arc-shaped and has a hook 8 at one end, which is adapted for engagement with the openings 7 of the port-ion 6 in order to hold the latter portion at various angles to the body to vary the interspace between the hasp-sections and the body and grip umbrellas of various diameters. This hasp section or portion '7' has its opposite end from the hook provided with a recess 9 a slight distance from its extremity and which extremity is adapted to enter the usual opening in the lock-body to be held therein by the locking mechanism.

A chain l0 has one end fixed to the body 5 by means of a staple ll, while the opposite end is provided with a ring adapted to be passed over the end of the hasp-section '7a and to lie in a recess 9 when said section isin its locked position.

In practice the hasp-section Gis adjusted to inclose the cloth of an umbrella between it and the body 5 of the lock, and after said section is moved as close to the body as is possible the section 7a is hooked into the section 6, and after passing the chain 10 around a fixed object the ring thereof is engaged in the recess 9 and said hasp-section is entered in the lock-body and locked in position, thus holding the umbrella fast to the fixed object.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings is shown a modi- Iication, in which an eye is formed upon or secured to the hasp-section 7a inthe form of a staple le, and through this eye the chain l0 is passed before the application of the ring to its free end. In this way the loose section of the hasp is not liable to loss. Y

It will of course be understood that in practice any speciiic form or construction of lock may be used and that the hasp-sections may be varied in form and size to accommodate different conditions without departing from the spirit of the invention. The lock may also be used to secure satchels, bundles, or any other article to whichv it may be attached, and it. will also be found an efficient lock for bicycles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. An umbrella-lock comprising a body p01'- tion containing a locking mechanism, a seggagement with said openings, said second hasp-section being also adapted for locking engagement with the lock mechanism of the body portion, and a chain connected with the body and adapted for engagement with a haspsection.

3. An umbrella-lock comprisinga body portion containing locking mechanism, a haspsection pivoted to the body and having openings therein, a second hasp-section having a hook at one end adapted for` adjustable engagement with the openings of the first sec tion,an eye carried by the second hasp-section, said second hasn-section being also adapted for locking engagement with the mechanism of the body, and a chain connected with the body and passed loosely through the eye and having a terminal ring adapted for engagement with a hasp-section. l

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ERNEST LEVERN APPLEBY.

-Witnesses:

F. V. B. SWITZER, G. J. HEINZMAN. 

